Teachers Talking About Teaching Mathematics

1. Teachers Talking About Teaching Mathematics Celia Hoyles Director

2. NCETM: the Vision • to develop a sustainable national infrastructure for subject-specific professional development for teachers of mathematics that will • enable the mathematical potential of learners to be fully realised & • raise status of the profession

3. Aims of NCETM • to be a ‘gateway’ for the mathematics community • to build a community of teachers of mathematics across all stages & sectors from early years through to teachers of adult learners • to provide tools & materials that engage teachers of mathematics • to support & promote CPD opportunities where possible in partnership with key stakeholders • to set out a professional learning framework for all teachers of mathematics

4. Professional Learning Framework Subject Specific Pedagogy Embedding In Practice Mathematics Content Knowledge + + greatest impact on improving effectiveness of teaching and learning is CPD with all three components CPD needs to be cumulative & sustained leading to appropriate recognition &/or accreditation

5. What has the NCETM done to date? Portal • next steps toincrease impact • Bowland maths • Williams review of mathematics teaching in EY & primary • support schools in performance review • subject leaders • subject associations & HEIs • STEM • small grants resources links discussions Grants action research Networks Regional Subject learning coach

6. Bowland Mathematics Initiative for Key Stage 3 www.bowlandmaths.org.uk funded by Bowland Trust with support from DCFS. aims to develop thinking, reasoning & problem solving skills 23 case studies including classroom materials & supporting training materials cold trials in 2 schools with feedback to developers

7. Bowland Mathematics Initiative for Key Stage 3 www.bowlandmaths.org.uk generic CPD package for whole programme by team including the Shell Centre & ATM, MA includes video of teachers discussing problems, teaching the module & reviewing what happened NCETM to support ‘roll-out’ next term formal launch late spring, 2008, with case studies available to schools 2008/9.

8. Williams Maths ReviewA review of mathematics teaching in Early Years settings and Primary schools NCETM is supporting the Review through our on-line primary mathematics Survey complete the survey & tell all the primary & EY practitioners you know about it! the sooner the better!

9. supporting performance review exemplification of standards (TDA & LLUK) Self evaluation tools

10. TDA standards

12. self evaluation tool

16. Subject Leaders NCETM awarded a grant to provide 40 new mathematics subject leaders with 10 day course in Spring 2008. • course intended for teachers who are new to the role of mathematics subject leader in a secondary school or college who have been in post for less than two years. • 3-day initial face-to-face session in January followed by five days' working with colleagues in schools (forming communities on the portal) & 2 more days face-to-face over Jan-April • courses based in Warwick & London

17. NCETM National & Regional Events 12 March 2008, The Potential of ICT in Mathematics Teaching and Learning, Central Hall, Westminster keynote speakers ･ Rt Hon Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners ･Jeremy Roschelle, Director of the Centre for Technology in Learning, SRI, Palo Alto, California teacher groups /small grants & selected exhibitions & workshops 17 June 2008 NCETM Second Annual Conference to celebrate a year's achievements & include the launch of the Williams’ Report on EY & primary mathematics. For more information visit www.ncetm.org.uk or email events@ncetm.org.uk Regional EventsSee regional pages on portal for all events in your area.

18. NCETM grants scheme aims to support collaborative teacher research & investigation 28 small grants currently running: 6 Key Stage 2/Primary 11 Key Stage 3/Secondary 5 All Key Stages 2 Key Stage 1/Foundation 4 Key Stage 4/Post 16 A further 23 approved 31st July 2007 1 All Key Stages 10 Key Stage 3 2 Key Stage 4 10 Primary

19. Next Call for Grant Applications today we celebrate our small grants giving voice to networks of teachers & their partners increasing impact growing demand Teachers Talking about Teaching Mathematics • Another round of grants: Final submission date 14th December (approval early January) STOP PRESS • Piloting a new small Development Grant scheme to facilitate ‘research into practice’ Look out for details on the portal two windows for these new Development Grants, March and October each year from 08 onward with a ceiling for grants of £5000.00.

20. Professor Terezinha NunesDepartment of EducationUniversity of Oxford Her research aims is to understand how children think so we can teach them in ways that help them best to learn & enjoy learning Her work underlines the crucial importance of building from what children know Her focus is on children's logic, the logical moves they make and the ones they need to learn to make so that mathematics seems sensible not arbitrary Street Mathematics, School Mathematics Children doing Mathematics Teaching Mathematics to Deaf Children Are fractions too difficult for primary school children? and more much of the work in collaboration with Prof Peter Bryant